Answer:

 

 The cost will be $3.50.  See graph below.

 

 

TEACHER NOTES: 

 

A piecewise function has different rules for different parts of its domain.[1]

 

 

 

 


 

[1] Bellmann, A., Bragg, S., Charles, R., Handlin, W., Kennedy, D.(2004); Prentice Hall Algebra 2, p. 71,  Upper Saddle River, New York, Pearson Education, Inc.